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Written by Yoshiyuki Muroya / Yusuke Maeda

E-mail: [email protected]

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NIRAKU GC HOLDINGS

(Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 1245)

1.0 Executive Summary (4 October 2019)

The No.1 in Asia

NIRAKU GC HOLDINGS, running Pachinko hall chain comprising 53 halls based in East Japan with focus

on those of Fukushima-prefecture, has business target to become the No. 1 “total entertainment company”

in Asia going forward. With respect to operations to run Pachinko hall chain or the overwhelming source of

earnings so far, the Company saw increased gross pay-ins in FY03/2019 versus decreases till then, having

resulted in increased revenue and earnings as a whole for the Company during the same period. Going

forward, the Company will continue making “bold strategic investment” in Pachinko and Pachislot Hall

Operations, while planning to increase exposure to operations to run amusement arcades (in Asia) and

restaurants (in Japan and Asia) at the same time. For example, the Company is to continue acquiring

Pachinko halls run by peers or implementing mergers and acquisitions to do so with an objective to beef up

own market share. Meanwhile, the Company is seeing favorable startup for its operations to run

token-game-oriented amusement arcades, etc. in Vietnam and Cambodia as well as having just begun full

operations for its food court of Japanese dishes in Shenzhen, China. On top of this, the Company is currently

setting up e-sports platform across Asia through its joint company in Hong Kong. Thus, the Company is well

getting prepared for achieving business target to become the No. 1 “total entertainment company” in Asia.

IR Representative: Hirokazu Nishimura, General Affairs ([email protected])

Consolidated Fiscal Year Operating Profit before Profit EPS DPS

(Million Yen) profit income tax for the year (Yen) (Yen)

FY03/2017 29,180 1,433 902 492 0.411 0.12

FY03/2018 26,554 723 213 (60) (0.013) 0.12

FY03/2019 28,325 1,553 1,093 544 0.510 0.15

FY03/2017 YoY (5.9%) (2.6%) 42.5% 171.8% - -

FY03/2018 YoY (9.0%) (49.5%) (76.4%) - - -

FY03/2019 YoY 6.7% 114.8% 413.1% - - -

Source: Company Data, WRJ Calculation

Revenue

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2.0 Company Profile

Running Pachinko Hall Chain

Company Name NIRAKU GC HOLDINGS, INC.

Website

IR Information

Share Price (Japanese)

Established 10 January 2013

Listing 8 April 2015: Hong Kong Stock Exchange Mainboard (code: 1245)

Capital ¥3,000m (as of the end of March 2019)

No. of Shares 1,195,850,460 shares (as of the end of March 2019)

Main Features ⚫ Running Pachinko hall chain, comprising collective 53 halls, through its

subsidiary NIRAKU CORPORATION

⚫ 21 halls in Fukushima-prefecture, 9 in Tokyo and 23 in other East Japan area

(as of the end of March 2019)

⚫ Propelling “globalization of business portfolio”

Business Segments Ⅰ. Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations

Ⅱ. Amusement Arcade Operations

Ⅲ. Other

Top Management Chief Executive Officer: Hisanori Taniguchi

Shareholders HKSCC nominees Limited 31.05%, SMBC Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. 19.16%,

Hisanori Taniguchi 17.81％, Tatsuo Taniguchi 13.52％ (as of the end of March 2019)

Headquarters Koriyama-city, Fukushima-prefecture, JAPAN

No. of Employees Consolidated: 1,846, unconsolidated: 16 (as of the end of March 2019)

Source: Company Data

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3.0 Recent Trading and Prospects

FY03/2019 Results

In FY03/2019, revenue came in at ¥28,325m (up 6.7% YoY), operating profit ¥1,553m (up 114.8%), profit

before income tax ¥1,093m (up 413.1%) and profit for the year ¥544m (versus minus ¥60m in the previous

year), while operating profit margin 5.5% (up 2.8% points). Meanwhile, the Company paid dividend of ¥0.08

per share as of the end of H1 and ¥0.07 as of the end of the fiscal year, collectively ¥0.15 on a full-year basis,

implying payout ratio of 29.4%. Compared with ¥0.12 (nil and ¥0.12, respectively) on a full-year basis in

FY03/2018, the Company increased dividend by ¥0.03, presumably due to increased earnings.

Revenue and Operating Profit Margin

Operating Expenses Breakdown


33,847 32,886 30,995

29,180 26,554

28,325 19.8%

17.1%

4.7% 4.9%2.7%

5.5%

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

FY03/2014 FY03/2015 FY03/2016 FY03/2017 FY03/2018 FY03/2019

Revenue (Million Yen) Operating Profit Margin (%)

8,836 7,699

6,971 6,686 6,811

7,193

12,979 12,048

13,213

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

FY03/2017 FY03/2018 FY03/2019

Pachinko and Pachislot Machine Expenses

Employee Benefit Expenses

Other Expenses

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Compared with revenue of ¥28,325m (up 6.7%), hall operating expenses plus administrative and other

operating expenses collectively came in at ¥27,377m (up 3.1%), implying that the rate of increases for

operating expenses was rather smaller than that of revenue. As a result, the Company benefited from

increased revenue a lot, having resulted in substantial improvement with operating profit margin. Hall

operating expenses came in at ¥22,875m (up 1.0%) and administrative and other operating expenses

¥4,502m (up 14.9%), implying the ratio to revenue of 80.8% (down 4.5% points) and 15.9% (up 1.1% points),

respectively. Meanwhile, in a view of operating expenses comprising hall operating expenses plus

administrative and other operating expenses, employee benefit expenses (personnel expenses) increased in

line with raise of fiscal yearend bonus for employees, while Pachinko and Pachislot machine expenses have

continued to come down due to decreased number of machines purchased (¥400,000 to ¥500,000 per unit).

The former was well offset by the latter, having suppressed increases of operating expenses as a whole.

Revenue

Segment Profit


With respect to the mainstay Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations, the Company runs Pachinko halls

(collectively 53 as of the end of FY03/2019) in East Japan area with focus on Fukushima-prefecture

(Koriyama-city) where the Company is based. In FY03/2019, revenue came in at ¥26,388m (up 2.3%),

segment profit ¥2,314m (up 89.2%) and segment profit margin 8.8% (up 4.0% points). Over the past 5 years,

earnings as a whole for the Company hinged on Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations and it was also the

case in FY03/2019, having been the overwhelming source of earnings with the Company to date.

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

FY03/2014 FY03/2015 FY03/2016 FY03/2017 FY03/2018 FY03/2019

Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations Amusement Arcade Operations Other(Million Yen)

(1,000)

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

FY03/2014 FY03/2015 FY03/2016 FY03/2017 FY03/2018 FY03/2019

Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations Amusement Arcade Operations Other(Million Yen)

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Revenue of ¥26,388m (up 2.3%) from Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations comprised revenue from

Pachinko and Pachislot hall business of ¥25,881m (up 2.4%) and vending machine income of ¥507m (down

5.4%). The latter represents income stemming from vending machines of diverse drinks, etc. installed at

own Pachinko halls and the Company suffered from decreased income in line with decreased number of

vending machines installed. Meanwhile, the former equates to collective gross pay-ins of Pachinko halls run

by the Company, deducted by collective gross pay-outs, while the ratio of gross pay-outs against gross

pay-ins is called as payout ratio. In FY03/2019, gross pay-ins came in at ¥141,731m (up 2.3%) versus gross

pay-outs of ¥115,850m (up 2.3%) and thus pay-outs ratio 81.7% (down 0.1% point).

Gross Pay-Ins and Gross Pay-Outs


Over the past 5 years (FY03/2014 to FY03/2018), gross pay-ins had consistently come down and thus

inevitably revenue of Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations. In FY03/2015, gross pay-ins came in at

¥175,592m (down 25.7%). The Company failed to quickly cope with changes of environments associated with

raise of consumption tax rate, etc., having resulted in decreased number of customers. This was followed by

further decreases of the number of customers over the next three years (FY03/2016 to FY03/2018) and thus

revenue of Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations. More importantly, however, the Company came up with

a set of remedies to see a recovery of gross pay-ins as well as having implemented them. As a result, the rate

of decreases became smaller for gross pay-ins every year, having decreased by 10.0% over the previous year

in FY03/2016, by 9.5% in FY03/2017 and by 3.2% in FY03/2018. Then, this was followed by increases for

gross pay-ins in FY03/2019, having resulted in increased revenue and earnings with the Company as a

whole. In FY03/2019, gross pay-ins came in at ¥141,731m (up 2.3%). In October 2019, consumption tax rate

will be further raised, while the Company has already implemented the remedies (of tax-exclusive prices)

not to follow the footsteps in FY03/2015. As far as Pachislot machines are concerned out of the gaming

machines, the Company had already implemented the remedies (of tax-exclusive prices) for 70% of the

machines installed as of December 2018.

86.0% 81.7% 80.9% 80.2% 81.8% 81.7%

236,449

175,592 158,095

143,130 138,493 141,731

203,455

143,473 127,900

114,734 113,230 115,850

0.0%

100.0%

200.0%

300.0%

0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

FY03/2014 FY03/2015 FY03/2016 FY03/2017 FY03/2018 FY03/2019

Gross Pay-Outs / Gross Pay-Ins (%)

Gross Pay-Ins (Million Yen)

Gross Pay-Outs (Million Yen)

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The market to which the Company is exposed with Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations has been

suffering from difficulties in many respects, but the Company has been successful to more than a certain

extent with its measures to hold on to existing customers as well as with those of maintaining and/or

increasing the number of customers as far as we could see. In the first place, given that the population of

Japan is not on the rise, it is not easy to see increases in the number of customers, while leisure time is

consistently diversified. On top of this, the authorities are strengthening regulations, being a major factor to

suppress increases of the number of customers. Meanwhile, in FY03/2019, the Company did not see any new

openings of new Pachinko halls, while having seen closedowns of two, having inevitably resulted in

marginal decreases of the number of gaming machines installed. Still, the Company saw increased gross

pay-ins, implying that gross pay-ins per gaming machine was on the rise. In FY03/2019, the Company saw

28,189 units (down 3.0%) for the number of gaming machines installed, implying gross pay-ins of ¥5.0m (up

5.5%) per gaming machine on a simple calculation basis. Thus, the Company is seeing improved efficiency

with its operations, while the Company suggests that it sees increased market share at the moment.

Meanwhile, Pachinko and Pachislot machine expenses, accounting for one forth of operating expenses (hall

operating expenses plus administrative and other operating expenses) as a whole for the Company, are

consistently coming down, driving earnings with Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations. According to the

Company, manufacturers of gaming machines are currently in off-crop season for developing and launching

new products coping with regulations of the authorities and of the industry, resulting in limited number of

gaming machines to purchase in the first place.

More importantly, the Company to advocate making “bold strategic investment” in Pachinko and Pachislot

Hall Operations has acquired a large-scale Pachinko hall (960 gaming machines installed, comprising 520

Pachinko machines and 440 Pachislot machines) based in front of Koriyama station, i.e., the location with

the utmost emphasis placed by the Company, including land (10,869 square meters) and buildings with

spending of ¥3,768m (concluded on 28 March 2019). The Company runs collective 53 Pachinko halls in East

Japan area, 21 in Fukushima-prefecture and 10 in Koriyama-city being designated as the core city in

Fukushima-prefecture. In fact, the Company has strengths on strategic dominance in Koriyama-city, which

has the largest scale of economy in Tohoku region second only to Sendai-city.

That is to say, the Company is trying to get at thorough strategic dominance in Koriyama-city, having

acquired the said Pachinko hall. The Company has already concluded the acquisition, but ex-owner is to

continue running the existing operations for the first 10 months (April 2019 to January 2020) after the deal,

providing the Company with rental fees of ¥24m per month during the same period.

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On top of Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations, meanwhile, the Company is also involved with

Amusement Arcade Operations and Other. Amusement Arcade Operations saw revenue of ¥1,535m (up

268.1%), segment profit of ¥153m (versus minus ¥74m in the previous year) and segment profit margin of

10.0% (up 27.7% points), while revenue of ¥402m (up 18.9%), segment profit of minus ¥237m (minus

¥213m) and operating profit margin of minus 59.0% (up 4.1% points) in Other. Thus, total segment profit

with the Company as a whole equates to ¥2,230m, comprising that of Pachinko and Pachislot Hall

Operations, that of Amusement Arcade Operations and that of Other. After adjustments on corporate

expenses of ¥1,132m and share of results of an associate of minus ¥5m, the Company sees profit before

income tax of ¥1,093m. With respect to share of results of an associate of minus ¥5m, the Company

mentions that this is attributable to new operations by joint company locally set up in Hong Kong. This joint

company is trying to propel e-sports business in Asia across the board by means of setting up e-sports

platform to cross-regionally cover Hong Kong, China (including Macau), Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore,

Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, etc. Prospects are good, but the Company is to suffer from loss on expenses

stemming from frontloaded investment for the time being.

Dream Games Company: Amusement Arcade of Tan Phu Celadon (Ho Chi Minh)


Amusement Arcade Operations is of Dream Games Company (based in Singapore) having been consolidated

as subsidiary since November 2017 through merger and acquisition. Dream Games Company runs

operations of token-game-oriented amusement arcades, etc. in Vietnam and Cambodia, while revenue

surged in both of them, respectively, ¥1,247m (versus ¥349m in the previous year) and ¥261m (¥68m). This

is due mainly to a factor that this subsidiary was consolidated for four months in FY03/2018 versus 12

months or on a full- year basis in FY03/2019, while the Company saw a turnaround to profit from loss in

FY03/2019. The Company is trying to get at further increased revenue and earnings here in FY03/2020 by

means of opening new amusement arcades in Vietnam. Moreover, the Company has opened two playground

facilities for kids (Dream Kids Coop) in Vietnam, while suggesting that this is also starting up not badly.

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Dream Games Company: Dream Kids Coop of Van Hanh Mall (Ho Chi Minh)


With respect to Other, the Company saw revenue of ¥132m (down 16.5%) on hotel and ¥270m (up 50.0%) on

restaurants. The Company suffered from lowered utilization rate for hotel due to intensified competition

and thus revenue inevitably came down. Meanwhile, revenue on restaurants increased fast due mainly to

new openings of two shops of “Komeda’s Coffee Shop” as far as we could see. With respect to existing

operations to run “LIZARRAN” brand restaurants, positive impacts on revenue stemming from new opening

of Shimbashi Shop (August 2017) was roughly offset by negative impacts from closedown of Akasaka-

Mitsuke shop (late in February 2018). Meanwhile, it appears that Nishishinjuku-Kotakibashi-Dori Shop

saw increased revenue. Most recently, the Company saw new opening of Takadanobaba Shop (March 2019),

implying steadily increased revenue on “LIZARRAN” brand restaurants in FY03/2020. On top of this, the

Company started up full operations for its food court in Shenzhen, China, on 20 July 2019. This is based in

one of the commercial buildings of “Shenzhen Upper Hills”, comprising Japanese restaurants as many as 16

shops, while incorporating atmosphere designed based on “Yokocho” as concept. The Company suggests

some add-ons from here with its revenue and earnings in FY03/2020.

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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Half Year)

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act 　

H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 YoY

(Million Yen) 03/2017 03/2017 03/2018 03/2018 03/2019 03/2019 Net Chg.

Revenue 14,847 14,333 13,108 13,446 14,438 13,887 +441

Other income 421 380 323 283 319 232 (51)

Other net gains / losses (116) 69 (1) 122 36 18 (104)

Hall operating expenses 12,000 12,110 11,478 11,162 11,166 11,709 +547

Administrative and other operating expenses 2,280 2,111 1,824 2,094 2,011 2,491 +397

Operating profit 872 561 128 595 1,616 (63) (658)

Net finance costs 296 235 232 278 223 232 (46)

Share of Results of an Associate 0 0 0 0 0 (5) (5)

Profit before income tax 576 326 (104) 317 1,393 (300) (617)

Income tax expense 213 197 117 156 538 11 (145)

Profit for the year 363 129 (221) 161 855 (311) (472)

Profit attributable to Owners of the Company 363 129 (221) 206 878 (268) (474)

Profit attributable to non-controlling interest 0 0 0 (45) 23 (89) (44)

Other net comprehensive income (37) 175 (88) (184) 0 70 +254

Total comprehensive net income for the year 326 304 (309) (23) 855 (241) (218)

Revenue YoY (5.5%) (6.2%) (11.7%) (6.2%) +10.1% +3.3% -

Operating profit YoY +112.7% (47.1%) (85.3%) +6.1% - - -

Profit before income tax YoY +689.0% (41.8%) - (2.8%) - - -

Profit attributable to Owners of the Company YoY +764.3% (7.2%) - +24.8% - - -

Hall operating expenses / Revenue 80.8% 84.5% 87.6% 83.0% 77.3% 84.3% +1.3%

Administrative and other operating expenses / Revenue 15.4% 14.7% 13.9% 15.6% 13.9% 17.9% +2.4%

Operating profit margin 5.9% 3.9% 1.0% 4.4% 11.2% (0.5%) (4.9%)

Profit before income tax margin 3.9% 2.3% (0.8%) 2.4% 9.6% (2.2%) (4.5%)

Profit for the year margin 2.4% 0.9% (1.7%) 1.2% 5.9% (2.2%) (3.4%)

Profit before income tax / Income tax expense 37.0% 60.4% - 49.2% 38.6% - -


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Segmented Information (Half Year)

Segmented Information Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act 　

　 H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 YoY


Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations 14,735 14,225 12,948 12,851 13,475 12,913 +62

Amusement Arcade Operations - - - 417 768 767 +350

Other 112 108 160 178 195 207 +29

Revenue 14,847 14,333 13,108 13,446 14,438 13,887 +441

Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations (5.6%) (6.3%) (12.1%) (9.7%) +4.1% +0.5% -

Amusement Arcade Operations - - - - - +83.9% -

Other +6.7% +0.9% +42.9% +64.8% +21.9% +16.3% -

Revenue (YoY) (5.5%) (6.2%) (11.7%) (6.2%) +10.1% +3.3% -

Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations 99.2% 99.2% 98.8% 95.6% 93.3% 93.0% -

Amusement Arcade Operations 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.1% 5.3% 5.5% -

Other 0.8% 0.8% 1.2% 1.3% 1.4% 1.5% -

Revenue (compsition ratio) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% -

Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations 1,004 572 242 981 1,586 728 (253)

Amusement Arcade Operations - - - (74) 79 74 +148

Other (38) (80) (62) (151) (49) (188) (37)

Segment profit 966 492 180 756 1,616 614 (142)

Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations +54.2% (45.6%) (75.9%) +71.5% +555.4% (25.8%) -

Amusement Arcade Operations - - - - - - -

Other - - - - - - -

Segment profit (YoY) +54.6% (48.6%) (81.4%) +53.7% +797.8% (18.8%) -

Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations 103.9% 116.3% 134.4% 129.8% 98.1% 118.6% -

Amusement Arcade Operations 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% (9.8%) 4.9% 12.1% -

Other (3.9%) (16.3%) (34.4%) (20.0%) (3.0%) (30.6%) -

Segment profit (composition ratio) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% -

Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations 6.8% 4.0% 1.9% 7.6% 11.8% 5.6% (2.0%)

Amusement Arcade Operations - - - (17.7%) 10.3% 9.6% +27.4%

Other (33.9%) (74.1%) (38.8%) (84.8%) (25.1%) (90.8%) (6.0%)

Segment profit margin 6.5% 3.4% 1.4% 5.6% 11.2% 4.4% (1.2%)


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Revenue (Half Year)

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (Half Year)

Revenue Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act 　

　 H1 H2 H1 H2 H1 H2 YoY


Gross pay-ins 74,057 69,073 70,236 68,257 71,189 70,542 +2,285

Less: gross pay-outs 59,617 55,117 57,560 55,670 57,972 57,878 +2,208

Revenue from pachinko and pachislot hall business 14,440 13,956 12,676 12,587 13,217 12,664 +77

Revenue from amusement arcades business - - - 417 768 767 +350

Vending machine income 295 269 272 264 258 249 (15)

Revenue from hotel operations 82 48 83 75 77 55 (20)

Revenue from restaurant operations 30 60 77 103 118 152 +49

Revenue 14,847 14,333 13,108 13,446 14,438 13,887 +441

Gross pay-ins (7.7%) (11.3%) (5.2%) (1.2%) +1.4% +3.3% -

Less: gross pay-outs (8.1%) (12.5%) (3.5%) +1.0% +0.7% +4.0% -

Revenue from pachinko and pachislot hall business (5.7%) (6.2%) (12.2%) (9.8%) +4.3% +0.6% -

Revenue from amusement arcades business - - - - - +83.9% -

Vending machine income +0.0% (8.2%) (7.8%) (1.9%) (5.1%) (5.7%) -

Revenue from hotel operations (3.5%) (39.2%) +1.2% +56.3% (7.2%) (26.7%) -

Revenue from restaurant operations +50.0% +114.3% +156.7% +71.7% +53.2% +47.6% -

Revenue (YoY) (5.5%) (6.2%) (11.7%) (6.2%) +10.1% +3.3% -

Revenue from pachinko and pachislot hall business 97.3% 97.4% 96.7% 93.6% 91.5% 91.2% -

Revenue from amusement arcades business 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.1% 5.3% 5.5% -

Vending machine income 2.0% 1.9% 2.1% 2.0% 1.8% 1.8% -

Revenue from hotel operations 0.6% 0.3% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.4% -

Revenue from restaurant operations 0.2% 0.4% 0.6% 0.8% 0.8% 1.1% -

Revenue (Compsition ratio) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% -


Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act 　



Cash flows from operating activities (A) 3,381 1,939 1,676 1,274 3,746 819 (455)

Cash flows from investing activities (B) (19) (254) (676) (2,022) (567) (4,419) (2,397)

Free cash flows (A)+(B) 3,362 1,685 1,000 (748) 3,179 (3,600) (2,852)

Cash flows from financing activities (2,241) (1,712) (252) 2,194 (1,291) 1,297 (897)


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Consolidated Statement of Financial Position (Half Year)

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act 　



Property, plant and equipment 27,319 26,406 26,053 26,207 25,401 28,523 +2,316

Investment properties 687 678 671 662 659 650 (12)

Intangible assets 196 182 166 1,571 1,662 1,662 +91

Prepayments, deposits and other receivables 3,999 3,866 3,780 3,751 3,617 4,208 +457

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 106 104 52 52 100 100 +48

FAs at fair value through other comprehensive income 961 1,210 1,084 953 945 911 (42)

Deferred income tax assets 1,751 1,656 1,728 1,565 1,558 1,588 +23

Long-term bank deposits 215 35 41 47 - - (47)

Non-current assets 35,234 34,137 33,575 34,808 33,942 37,642 +2,834

Inventories 9 20 15 57 279 109 +52

Trade receivables 72 88 54 57 60 53 (4)

Prepayments, deposits and other receivables 1,530 1,457 1,220 1,312 1,127 1,020 (292)

Current income tax recoverable 202 55 50 300 - - (300)

Bank deposits with maturity over 3 months 159 252 232 43 123 43 -

Cash and cash equivalents 13,431 13,404 14,152 15,594 17,491 15,176 (418)

Current assets 15,403 15,276 15,723 17,363 19,080 16,401 (962)

Total assets 50,637 49,413 49,298 52,171 53,022 54,043 +1,872

Share capital 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 -

Reserves 24,303 24,499 24,154 24,176 25,082 24,617 +441

Non-controlling interest - - 5 (40) (66) (106) (66)

Total equity 27,303 27,499 27,159 27,136 28,016 27,511 +375

Borrowings 9,079 8,656 8,440 10,854 10,080 11,792 +938

Obligations under finance leases 4,565 4,048 3,603 3,247 2,888 2,717 (530)

Provisions and other payables 2,072 1,989 2,018 2,111 2,150 2,226 +115

Derivative financial instruments 21 11 10 8 6 27 +19

Non-current liabilities 15,737 14,704 14,071 16,220 15,124 16,762 +542

Trade payables 125 123 251 247 308 294 +47

Borrowings 2,741 2,394 3,096 3,886 4,106 4,290 +404

Obligations under finance leases 1,324 1,160 1,039 888 770 703 (185)

Accruals, provisions and other payables 3,262 3,532 3,681 3,793 4,352 4,353 +560

Derivative financial instruments 2 1 1 1 1 4 +3

Current income tax liabilities 143 - - - 345 126 +126

Current liabilities 7,597 7,210 8,068 8,815 9,882 9,770 +955

Total liabilities 23,334 21,914 22,139 25,035 25,006 26,532 +1,497

Total equity and liabilities 50,637 49,413 49,298 52,171 53,022 54,043 +1,872

Interest bearing debt 17,709 16,258 16,178 18,875 17,844 19,502 +627

Net debt 4,119 2,602 1,794 3,281 230 4,283 +1,002

Equity ratio 53.9% 55.7% 55.1% 52.0% 52.8% 50.9% -

Net debt equity ratio 15.1% 9.5% 6.6% 12.1% 0.8% 15.6% -

ROE (12 months) 1.9% 1.8% (0.3%) (0.2%) 3.7% 2.0% -

ROA (12 months) 2.2% 1.8% 0.4% 0.4% 3.3% 2.1% -

Quick ratio 180% 191% 179% 178% 179% 156% -

Current ratio 203% 212% 195% 197% 193% 168% -


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Long-Term Prospects

According to the Company, revenue is likely to remain roughly flat over the previous year in FY03/2020,

while earnings are inevitably to marginally come down. Nevertheless, the Company discloses that it has

formulated medium-term management strategy to build a robust foundation for becoming the No. 1 “total

entertainment company” in Asia in the future. With medium-term management strategy, the Company is

going for establishment of solid business operation base for Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations by

means of making “bold strategic investment” with the utmost emphasis. At the same time, the Company is

to place emphasis also on making further progress with “globalization of business portfolio”, trying to set up

solid business operation base here too so that the Company should be able to secure stable source of

earnings as well as seeking for opportunities of growth.

Revenue and Operating Profit Margin


Towards January 2021, the Company suggests that replacement is to persist for gaming machines with high

gambling property based on existing standards by those of low gambling property based on new standards.

Impacts stemming from here are expected to gradually appear, but eventually cutting back on gross pay-ins

per gaming machine which is currently on the rise. As far as assuming flat payout ratio, revenue per gaming

machine will be also reduced. In other words, it will be hard for the Company to see increased revenue, given

overwhelmingly high exposure to Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations at the moment, even when it

consistently succeeds in holding on to existing customers as well as maintaining and/or increasing the

number of customers as far as we could see. Meanwhile, the Company should have opportunities to beef up

gross pay-ins and thus revenue, when it succeeds in starting up operations of new Pachinko halls by means

of making “bold strategic investment” in Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations as above-mentioned. For

example, the Company has newly acquired large-scale Pachinko hall with almost 1,000 gaming machines

installed (Koriyama-city, Fukushima-prefecture) as mentioned earlier. Still, this is not to start booking gross

pay-ins with the Company by FY03/2021.

29,180 26,554 28,325

4.9%

2.7%

5.5%

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5.0%

10.0%

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20,000

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FY03/2017 FY03/2018 FY03/2019 FY03/2020 FY03/2021 FY03/2022

Revenue (Million Yen) Operating Profit Margin (%)

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Meanwhile, on the expenses side, the Company suggests that Pachinko and Pachislot machine expenses,

whose decreases used to drive increases of earnings, are now expected to see a turnaround to the increases.

This is raised as the key negative factor. Over the past two years or so, the Company did not diligently

implement replacement of gaming machine to new ones, having resulted in increased ratio for gaming

machines installed and utilized for a long time to this extent as far as we could gather. As a result, in

FY03/2020, the Company is to see increased replacement of gaming machines, i.e., increased purchase of

gaming machines. Still, the Company is to see Pachinko and Pachislot machine expenses increased in line

with assumptions so far. It appears that the Company copes with this as planned as well as flexibly

reflecting market sentiment.

With respect to “globalization of business portfolio”, the Company sees favorable takeoff on token-game-

oriented amusement arcades in Vietnam and Cambodia. Meanwhile, the Company has just begun full

operations for its food court of Japanese dishes in Shenzhen, China as well as making progress with

operations to set up e-sports platform across Asia.

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4.0 Business Model

Running Pachinko Hall Chain

The Company is a holding company, holding all the shares of NIRAKU CORPORATION, NGCH Hong Kong

Limited and Dream Games Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Dream Games Company) to run them as own consolidated

subsidiaries under management. The business performance of the Company as a whole exclusively hinge on

that of NIRAKU CORPORATION to run Pachinko hall chain with halls located in East Japan primarily in

Fukushima-prefecture. NGCH Hong Kong Limited is positioned as bridgehead for business development in

Asia, while Dream Games Company runs token-game-oriented amusement arcades, etc. in Vietnam and

Cambodia.

As of the end of March 2019, the number of Pachinko halls run by NIRAKU CORPORATION stood at

collective 53, comprising 21 in Fukushima-prefecture (10 in Koriyama-city), 9 in Tokyo and 23 in other areas

of East Japan. On top of this, Tomioka Hall (Futaba-machi, Fukushima-prefecture) exists, but the

operations here have been suspended since 11 March 2011 due to Great East Japan earthquake. Thus, the

number of Pachinko halls stands at 54 collectively, when this is included, but the Company suggests no

prospects to restart the operations here in the foreseeable future.

Number of Pachinko Halls in Utilization by Prefecture: Collective 53 Halls (as of the end of FY03/2019)


The market is now getting rather smaller with its scale, while the Company is trying to get at the increases

of the number of Pachinko halls under own operations so that it should secure revenue and enhance market

share, resulting in establishment of business operation base more solid than before. The bulk of operators of

Pachinko halls are small-sized ones and they are inclined to suffer from closedowns of own Pachinko halls

going forward, according to the Company, while the Company finds it as a good opportunity to expand own

operations as far as we could gather.

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Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Niigata Ibaraki Tochigi Gunma Saitama Tokyo Kanagawa

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Over the past 10 years (FY03/2009 to FY03/2018), the Company opened one to three new Pachinko halls a

year, suggesting positive attitude to purse expansion of business scale by means of newly opening own halls.

Still, the market condition has become unfavorable since FY03/2016, having resulted in one to two

closedowns of loss-making halls every year. In FY03/2019, the Company saw no new openings and two

closedowns. In FY03/2017, the Company opened Fukushima-Taiheiji Hall (Fukushima-city, Fukushima-

prefecture) or one of the largest ones in Tohoku region with no less than 1,280 units of gaming machines

(640 units of Pachinko machines and 640 units of Pachislot machines) installed, while having closed down

Maebashi-Ohshima Hall (Maebashi-city, Gunma-prefecture). Then, in FY03/2018, the Company opened

Hitachi-Ohmiya Hall (Hitachi-Ohmiya-city, Ibaraki-prefecture) with 600 units of gaming machines (360

units of Pachinko machines and 240 units of Pachislot machines), while having closed down

Annaka-Itahana Hall (Annaka-city, Gunma-prefecture). Then, in FY03/2019, the Company closed own

Mizuho Hall (Nishitama-District, Tokyo) and Nakakido Hall (Niigata-city, Niigata-prefecture).

The Number of Pachinko Halls


As a result, there was a change in the situations for the number of Pachinko halls in FY03/2019 to only two

closedowns from no changes where new openings and closedowns were balancing, having resulted in 54 for

the number of Pachinko halls as of the end of the fiscal year. Meanwhile, given that Tomioka Hall is not

utilizing as mentioned earlier, the number of Pachinko Halls in utilization stood at 53.

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FY03/09 FY03/10 FY03/11 FY03/12 FY03/13 FY03/14 FY03/15 FY03/16 FY03/17 FY03/18 FY03/19

The Number of New Openings The Number of Closedowns

The Number of Pachinko Halls as of the end of FY

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Fukushima-Taiheiji Hall (Fukushima-city, Fukushima-prefecture: opened in April 2016)

Pachinko Machine Installation of Pachinko Machines

Inside of Pachinko Hall Premiums Corner


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Meanwhile, the number of gaming machines installed had been edging up over the past 10 years (FY03/2009

to FY03/2018), but came down in FY03/2019. Given two halls having been closed down and no new halls

opened, the number of gaming machines stood at 28,189 units (down 3.0% YoY) as of the end of the fiscal

year, i.e., having decreased over the previous year versus consistent increases till then. Pachinko machines

stood at 18,073 units (down 3.4%) and Pachislot machines 10,116 units (down 2.3%). With respect to

Pachinko machines, high-lending ones stood at 10,154 units (up 0.8%) and low-lending ones 7,919 units

(down 8.4%). Meanwhile, with respect to Pachislot machines, high-lending ones stood at 8,833 units (up

3.0%) and low-lending ones 1,283 units (down 28.0%).

The Number of Gaming Machines Installed


For example, it has been basically the case that customers borrow Pachinko balls by ¥4 per unit in the

existing scheme of Pachinko, while low-lending machines represent those of lending balls by ¥1 per unit (or

less than ¥4 per unit) and those on an existing scheme basis are referred to as high-lending as opposed to

low-lending. With no changes of spending, customers are able to play much longer with so-called one-yen

Pachinko than so-called four-yen Pachinko, which is said to beef up the number of customers. With an

objective to do so, the Company has introduced and installed low-lending Pachinko machines and Pachislot

machines since FY03/2009. Still, gross pay-ins associated with one-yen Pachinko are consequently far too

lower than those of four-yen Pachinko and thus it would be so important to pursue the best balance between

the two, according to the Company. Over the past several years, the Company has been making a gradual

shift to four-yen Pachinko from one-year Pachinko as a strategy, given that the negative impacts to gross

pay-ins stemming from installation of low-lending Pachinko machines and Pachislot machines are becoming

larger than positive impacts from increased customers and that removal of gaming machines with high

gambling property is going on due to voluntary restraint by the industry as well as changeover to ones with

low gambling property in line with changes of gaming machine standards. At the end of the day, in

FY03/2019, the Company saw increased installation of high-lending machines for both Pachinko and

Pachislot, while having cut back on the number of low-lending machines installed. This should be one of the

reasons why gross pay-ins with the Company increased.

11,709 10,969 10,197 9,557 10,031 10,621 10,316 9,682 9,816 10,072 10,154

2,031 4,171 5,997 6,456 7,129 6,954 8,076 8,855 8,737 8,641 7,9195,357

5,547 6,049 6,3597,024 7,249 7,523 7,595 8,275 8,575 8,833665

631719 765

957 1,064 1,531 2,007 1,938 1,781 1,283

+5.0% +7.9% +7.7%+0.8%

+8.7%+3.0% +6.0% +2.5% +2.2% +1.1% (3.0%)

(100.0%)

(80.0%)

(60.0%)

(40.0%)

(20.0%)

+0.0%

+20.0%

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

FY03/09 FY03/10 FY03/11 FY03/12 FY03/13 FY03/14 FY03/15 FY03/16 FY03/17 FY03/18 FY03/19

Pachislot Low-lending (units) Pachislot High-lending (units) Pachinko Low-lending (units)Pachinko High-lending (units) The Number of Machines (YoY)

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On top of operations to run Pachinko halls as above-mentioned, NIRAKU CORPORATION is also involved

with operations to run franchise chain for “LIZARRN” brand Spanish restaurants in the Tokyo metropolitan

area (Shimbashi, Takadanobaba and Nishishinjuku-Kotakibashi-Dori) as well as with operations to run

Koriyama City Hotel in Koriyama-city, Fukushima-prefecture at the same time. Moreover, NIRAKU

CORPORATION runs two 100% subsidiaries, i.e., NIRAKU MERRIST CORPORATION and NEXIA INC.

The former is in charge of propelling employment of people with disabilities, while the latter dealing with

real estate business associated with operations of own Pachinko halls.

“LIZARRN” brand Spanish Restaurants

Takadanobaba Shop

Shimbashi Shop

Nishishinjuku-Kotakibashi-Dori

Shop


With respect to operations to run franchise chain for “LIZARRN” brand Spanish restaurants,

Akasaka-Mitsuke Shop was closed down in late February 2018 due to accumulated loss from the operations

by then. Meanwhile, Nishishinjuku-Kotakibashi-Dori Shop was opened in September 2016 and Shimbashi

Shop in August 2017, which was followed by opening of Takadanobaba Shop in March 2019. It appears

initial costs for the new operations are incurred, but revenue from overall operations here are to be buoyant

with this in FY03/2020. Meanwhile, Koriyama City Hotel is run with capacity of 84 rooms, based in the

upper floors of an 11-story building near JR Koriyama station. The said building has Koriyama-Ekimae Hall

or own Pachinko hall as another tenant. In FY03/2019, intensified competition led to decreased rate of

utilization, having resulted in decreased revenue, according to the Company. The other issue in FY03/2019

is that new operations to run “Komeda’s Coffee Shop” started up. The first shop was opened in June 2018 on

the premises of Kazo-Atago Hall (Kazo-city, Saitama-prefecture), which was followed by the second one on

the premises of Iruma-Shinko Hall (Iruma-city, Saitama-prefecture).

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Koriyama City Hotel “Komeda’s Coffee Shop”

Kazo-Atago Shop

Iruma-Shinko Shop


Meanwhile, NGCH Hong Kong Limited, being positioned as bridgehead for business development in Asia,

holds 51% of shares outstanding of NPJ Hong Kong Limited and 40% of Yes! E-Sports Asia Holdings Limited,

while NPJ Hong Kong Limited holds 100% of NPJ China YOKOCHO Co., Ltd. which is charge of operations

to run food court of Japanese dishes with “Yokocho” as concept in one of the commercial buildings of

“Shenzhen Upper Hills”. Prior to startup of full operations on 20 July 2019, the Company used to suffer from

expenses stemming from frontloaded investment. On the other hand, Yes! E-Sports Asia Holdings Limited is

running operations to make progress with e-sports business by means of setting up e-sports platform across

Asia. With respect to this, the Company also suffers from expenses stemming from frontloaded investment,

having resulted in loss at share of results of an associate with final statements with the Company.

Dream Games Company has operations to run token-game-oriented amusement arcades and playground

facilities for kids (under 12- year old) in Vietnam and Cambodia through its 100% local subsidiaries based in

the two countries. As of the end of FY03/2019, the number of operation bases stood at collective 9,

comprising 7 in Vietnam (5 amusement arcades and two playground facilities for kids) and two (two

amusement arcades) in Cambodia. In both of the two countries where growth of economy is high with lots of

young people, the Company has opened operation bases in shopping malls with high capability to attract

customers represented by AEON MALL, while planning to open new ones in Vietnam in FY03/2020. In both

of the countries, growing economy leads to increased needs to enjoy leisure time going forward, while the

Company is trying to steadily incorporate needs to be generated from here.

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5.0 Financial Statements

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act 　

FY FY FY FY FY YoY

(Million Yen) 03/2015 03/2016 03/2017 03/2018 03/2019 Net Chg.

Revenue 32,886 30,995 29,180 26,554 28,325 +1,771

Other income 1,039 770 801 606 551 (55)

Other net gains / losses 3 (272) (47) 121 54 (67)

Hall operating expenses 22,982 25,207 24,110 22,640 22,875 +235

Administrative and other operating expenses 5,336 4,815 4,391 3,918 4,502 +584

Operating profit 5,610 1,471 1,433 723 1,553 +830

Net finance costs 616 838 531 510 455 (55)

Share of Results of an Associate 0 0 0 0 (5) (5)

Profit before income tax 4,994 633 902 213 1,093 +880

Income tax expense 1,964 452 410 273 549 +276

Profit for the year 3,030 181 492 (60) 544 +604

Profit attributable to Owners of the Company 3,030 181 492 (15) 610 +625

Profit attributable to non-controlling interest 0 0 0 (45) (66) (21)

Other net comprehensive income (155) (241) 138 (272) 70 +342

Total comprehensive net income for the year 2,875 (60) 630 (332) 614 +946

Revenue YoY (2.8%) (5.8%) (5.9%) (9.0%) +6.7% -

Operating profit YoY (16.2%) (73.8%) (2.6%) (49.5%) +114.8% -

Profit before income tax YoY (16.9%) (87.3%) +42.5% (76.4%) +413.1% -

Profit attributable to Owners of the Company YoY (18.1%) (94.0%) +171.8% - - -

Hall operating expenses / Revenue 69.9% 81.3% 82.6% 85.3% 80.8% (4.5%)

Administrative and other operating expenses / Revenue 16.2% 15.5% 15.0% 14.8% 15.9% +1.1%

Operating profit margin 17.1% 4.7% 4.9% 2.7% 5.5% +2.8%

Profit before income tax margin 15.2% 2.0% 3.1% 0.8% 3.9% +3.1%

Profit for the year margin 9.2% 0.6% 1.7% (0.2%) 1.9% +2.1%

Profit before income tax / Income tax expense 39.3% 71.4% 45.5% 128.2% 50.2% (77.9%)


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Segmented Information

Segmented Information Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act 　

　 FY FY FY FY FY YoY


Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations 32,711 30,783 28,960 25,799 26,388 +589

Amusement Arcade Operations - - - 417 1,535 +1,118

Other 175 212 220 338 402 +64

Revenue 32,886 30,995 29,180 26,554 28,325 +1,771

Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations (2.9%) (5.9%) (5.9%) (10.9%) +2.3% -

Amusement Arcade Operations - - - - +268.1% -

Other +17.4% +21.1% +3.8% +53.6% +18.9% -

Revenue (YoY) (2.8%) (5.8%) (5.9%) (9.0%) +6.7% -

Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations 99.5% 99.3% 99.2% 97.1% 93.1% -

Amusement Arcade Operations 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.6% 5.4% -

Other 0.5% 0.7% 0.8% 1.3% 1.4% -

Revenue (compsition ratio) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% -

Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations 5,997 1,703 1,576 1,223 2,314 +1,091

Amusement Arcade Operations - - - (74) 153 -

Other (56) (121) (118) (213) (237) (24)

Segment profit 5,941 1,582 1,458 936 2,230 +1,294

Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations (1.9%) (71.6%) (7.5%) (22.4%) +89.2% -

Amusement Arcade Operations - - - - - -

Other - - - - - -

Segment profit (YoY) (2.9%) (73.4%) (7.8%) (35.8%) +138.2% -

Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations 100.9% 107.6% 108.1% 130.7% 103.8% -

Amusement Arcade Operations 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% (7.9%) 6.9% -

Other (0.9%) (7.6%) (8.1%) (22.8%) (10.6%) -

Segment profit (composition ratio) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% -

Pachinko and Pachislot Hall Operations 18.3% 5.5% 5.4% 4.7% 8.8% +4.0%

Amusement Arcade Operations - - - (17.7%) 10.0% -

Other (32.0%) (57.1%) (53.6%) (63.0%) (59.0%) +4.1%

Segment profit margin 18.1% 5.1% 5.0% 3.5% 7.9% +4.3%


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Revenue

Revenue Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act 　

　 FY FY FY FY FY YoY


Gross pay-ins 175,592 158,095 143,130 138,493 141,731 +3,238

Less: gross pay-outs 143,473 127,900 114,734 113,230 115,850 +2,620

Revenue from pachinko and pachislot hall business 32,119 30,195 28,396 25,263 25,881 +618

Revenue from amusement arcades business - - - 417 1,535 +1,118

Vending machine income 592 588 564 536 507 (29)

Revenue from hotel operations 154 164 130 158 132 (26)

Revenue from restaurant operations 21 48 90 180 270 +90

Revenue 32,886 30,995 29,180 26,554 28,325 +1,771

Gross pay-ins (25.7%) (10.0%) (9.5%) (3.2%) +2.3% -

Less: gross pay-outs (29.5%) (10.9%) (10.3%) (1.3%) +2.3% -

Revenue from pachinko and pachislot hall business (2.7%) (6.0%) (6.0%) (11.0%) +2.4% -

Revenue from amusement arcades business - - - - +268.1% -

Vending machine income (15.9%) (0.7%) (4.1%) (5.0%) (5.4%) -

Revenue from hotel operations +3.4% +6.5% (20.7%) +21.5% (16.5%) -

Revenue from restaurant operations - +128.6% +87.5% +100.0% +50.0% -

Revenue (YoY) (2.8%) (5.8%) (5.9%) (9.0%) +6.7% -

Revenue from pachinko and pachislot hall business 97.7% 97.4% 97.3% 95.1% 91.4% -

Revenue from amusement arcades business 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.6% 5.4% -

Vending machine income 1.8% 1.9% 1.9% 2.0% 1.8% -

Revenue from hotel operations 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.6% 0.5% -

Revenue from restaurant operations 0.1% 0.2% 0.3% 0.7% 1.0% -

Revenue (Compsition ratio) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% -


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Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act 　

FY FY FY FY FY YoY


Property, plant and equipment 27,126 28,470 26,406 26,207 28,523 +2,316

Investment properties 681 697 678 662 650 (12)

Intangible assets 189 210 182 1,571 1,662 +91

Prepayments, deposits and other receivables 4,772 4,198 3,866 3,751 4,208 +457

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 201 106 104 52 100 +48

FAs at fair value through other comprehensive income 1,378 1,013 1,210 953 911 (42)

Deferred income tax assets 1,771 1,781 1,656 1,565 1,588 +23

Long-term bank deposits 125 185 35 47 - (47)

Non-current assets 36,243 36,660 34,137 34,808 37,642 +2,834

Inventories 719 413 20 57 109 +52

Trade receivables 52 64 88 57 53 (4)

Prepayments, deposits and other receivables 1,602 1,456 1,457 1,312 1,020 (292)

Current income tax recoverable 495 957 55 300 - (300)

Bank deposits with maturity over 3 months 2,286 297 252 43 43 -

Cash and cash equivalents 9,480 12,310 13,404 15,594 15,176 (418)

Current assets 14,734 15,597 15,276 17,363 16,401 (962)

Total assets 50,977 52,257 49,413 52,171 54,043 +1,872

Share capital 10 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 -

Reserves 22,846 24,097 24,499 24,176 24,617 +441

Non-controlling interest - - - (40) (106) (66)

Total equity 22,856 27,097 27,499 27,136 27,511 +375

Borrowings 11,318 9,732 8,656 10,854 11,792 +938

Obligations under finance leases 3,981 5,070 4,048 3,247 2,717 (530)

Provisions and other payables 1,676 2,057 1,989 2,111 2,226 +115

Derivative financial instruments 26 14 11 8 27 +19

Non-current liabilities 17,001 16,873 14,704 16,220 16,762 +542

Trade payables 106 132 123 247 294 +47

Borrowings 3,930 3,295 2,394 3,886 4,290 +404

Obligations under finance leases 1,886 1,530 1,160 888 703 (185)

Accruals, provisions and other payables 4,209 3,326 3,532 3,793 4,353 +560

Derivative financial instruments 15 2 1 1 4 +3

Current income tax liabilities 974 2 - - 126 +126

Current liabilities 11,120 8,287 7,210 8,815 9,770 +955

Total liabilities 28,121 25,160 21,914 25,035 26,532 +1,497

Total equity and liabilities 50,977 52,257 49,413 52,171 54,043 +1,872

Interest bearing debt 21,115 19,627 16,258 18,875 19,502 +627

Net debt 9,349 7,020 2,602 3,238 4,283 +1,045

Equity ratio 44.8% 51.9% 55.7% 52.0% 50.9% -

Net debt equity ratio 40.9% 25.9% 9.5% 11.9% 15.6% -

ROE (12 months) 13.6% 0.7% 1.8% (0.2%) 2.0% -

ROA (12 months) 10.2% 1.2% 1.8% 0.4% 2.1% -

Quick ratio 106% 153% 191% 178% 156% -

Current ratio 133% 188% 212% 197% 168% -


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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

Per Share Data

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act 　

FY FY FY FY FY YoY


Cash flows from operating activities (A) 5,929 2,158 5,320 2,950 4,565 +1,615

Cash flows from investing activities (B) (1,949) (122) (273) (2,698) (4,986) (2,288)

Free cash flows (A)+(B) 3,980 2,036 5,047 252 (421) (673)

Cash flows from financing activities (2,909) 794 (3,953) 1,942 6 (1,936)


Per Share Data Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act 　

(Before Adjustments for Split) FY FY FY FY FY YoY

(Yen) 03/2015 03/2016 03/2017 03/2018 03/2019 Net Chg.

No. of shares FY end (million shares) 896 1,196 1,196 1,196 1,196 -

Earnings per share 3.380 0.150 0.411 (0.013) 0.510 -

Dividend per share 0.76 0.10 0.12 0.12 0.15 -

Payout ratio 22.5% 66.7% 29.2% - 29.4% -

Per Share Data Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act Cons.Act 　

(After Adjustments for Split) FY FY FY FY FY YoY

(Yen) 03/2015 03/2016 03/2017 03/2018 03/2019 Net Chg.

Share split factor 1 1 1 1 1 -

Earnings per share 3.380 0.150 0.411 (0.013) 0.510 -

Dividend per share 0.76 0.10 0.12 0.12 0.15 -


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6.0 Other Information

Making Life Happy, Enjoyable and Fun

The Company’s history started with setup of a Pachinko hall in Mito-city, Ibaraki-prefecture by Tetsuyoshi

Taniguchi, the founder, in 1950. In almost 70 years since then, the Company currently runs firm Pachinko

hall chain, comprising collective 53 halls in East Japan. Meanwhile, according to Hisanori Taniguchi,

current chief executive officer with the Company, having succeeded management from Tetsuyoshi Taniguchi,

the founder, after a period of management by Masataka Taniguchi in-between, the Company is spicy with its

main characteristics, i.e., it has established own strategic dominance in Fukushima-prefecture (Koriyama-

city), while being able to quickly implement diverse measures as the organization not bloated up.

In 1954, the Company newly opened NIRAKU Hall in Koriyama-city, Fukushima-prefecture where the

Company is currently based, which was followed by growth of the Company driven by booming Pachinko

market and by economic prosperity after the Second World War. Since the early days, the Company has been

standing by its corporate slogan of “Making Life Happy, Enjoyable and Fun” to date, while having

consistently strived to ensure a joyful experience and kindness for customers. This customers first principle

made it possible to well cope with ever-changing trends of Pachinko market and customer preferences,

having established Pachinko hall chain currently comprising collective 53 halls. The Company will remain

placing the utmost emphasis on the customers first principal, trying to beef up own corporate value as an

entity to create happiness amongst people.

Meanwhile, “NIRAKU GC HOLDINGS, INC.” was established on 10 January 2013, which was followed by

consolidation of NIRAKU CORPORATION to have been running above-mentioned Pachinko hall chain as

subsidiary under management in April of the same year. Then, on 8 April 2015, “NIRAKU GC HOLDINGS,

INC.” got listed on the mainboard of Hong Kong Stock Exchange, while having started up operations in Asia

by means of consolidation of Dream Games Company on 20 November 2017 with procurement of 100% of the

shares outstanding.

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Company History

Date Events

1954 Opened NIRAKU Hall ( Koriyama-city, Fukushima-prefecture)

August 1969 Established NIRAKU SHOJI CORPORATION (Nakano-ku, Tokyo)

July 1979 Renovated NIRAKU Hall and identified as DAIWA, opened Koriyama City Hotel

1980s Opened four Pachinko halls in Fukushima-prefecture (three in Koriyama-city)

1990 to 1997 Opened 10 Pachinko halls

December 1991 Opened Nikku Club (changed to training facilities in 2000)

August 1992 Opened the 10th Pachinko hall (Nakano-Shimbashi)

August 1998 Identified as NIRAKU CORPORATION versus NIRAKU SHOJI CORPORATION by

then

2001 Opened 5 Pachinko halls

2002 Own Pachinko halls, identified as NIRAKU versus DAIWA till then

2002 to 2005 Opened 15 Pachinko halls

February 2003 Opened the 20th Pachinko hall (Soma)

2006 to 2010 Opened 16 Pachinko halls in Tokyo, Fukushima-prefecture and their neighboring

prefectures

February 2010 Established a Special Subsidiary Company NIRAKU MERRIST CORPORATION

November 2010 Opened the 20th Pachinko hall in Fukushima-prefecture (Sasakino)

May 2011 Opened the 50th Pachinko hall (Koriyama-Arai in Fukushima-prefecture)

January 2013 Established ‘NIRAKU GC HOLDINGS, INC.”

April 2013 “NIRAKU GC HOLDINGS, INC.”, having become holding company for NIRAKU

CORPORATION

October 2014 Opened the first Spanish restaurant in Tokyo under the brand “LIZARRAN”

April 2015 Listed on the Mainboard of Hong Kong Stock Exchange

November 2017 Consolidated Dream Games Singapore Pte. Ltd. as subsidiary

June 2018 Opened the first “Komeda’s Coffee Shop” on the premises of Kazo-Atago Hall

November 2018 Entered e-sports business in Asia

January 2019 Opened the second "Komeda’s Coffee Shop” on the premises of Iruma-Shinko Hall

March 2019 Opened “LIZARRAN” brand Spanish restaurant in Takadanobaba

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comprises a) contents of our interview with the Company, b) contents of presentations for institutional

investors, c) contents of timely disclosed information and d) contents of the homepage etc.

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